Little Miss Midge

Colleen Hord (author)

Description

Midge is having a hard time organizing her list of things to do. Her friends are coming over for ice cream but her dog keeps needing more bones. When the day is through and nothing on her list is done, the friends arrive but Midge has no ice cream so she decides to take them and her dog out for ice cream.

Reading Level

Lexile

300L

Fountas Pinnell Guided Reading

H

ATOS

2.3

DRA

18

Categories

Genre

Family
Friendship
Other

Interest Age

Ages 3-5
Ages 6-8

Grade

1st Grade
2nd Grade

Subject

Language Arts

Language

English (US)

Fiction/Non-Fiction

Fiction

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